Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
PEMA CHODRONWhatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don’t lose your sense of perspective.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.
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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
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If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart.
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Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
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The central question of a warrior’s training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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